Clay Masters

River to River

1:30 pm

Mon October 15, 2012

Senator Chuck Grassley talks with host Ben Kieffer as he reflects on the death of former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. Then Walter Olson, a fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional studies, shares the importance of a current legal case where a University of Iowa law school graduate claims the school didn't hire her because of her conservative political views. Then, Des Moines Register's Senior News Director, Carol Hunter, discusses the launch of a new series examining the living conditions of Iowa’s children, and a political update by IPR’s Clay Masters.

River to River

1:16 pm

Wed August 29, 2012

The next two weeks are a political junkie’s delight with back-to-back party conventions. Host Ben Kieffer talks with the experts to recap happenings in Tampa, look ahead to North Carolina, and talk about President Obama’s return trip to Iowa this week.